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National Association Names Hwalek Music Teacher of the Year

Contact: Ginger Hwalek, 581-1246; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Ginger Yang Hwalek, a music instructor in the UMaine School ofPerforming Arts’ Music Division and long time piano teacher andaccompanist in the Bangor area, recently was named the 2006 Teacher ofthe Year by one of the largest music teachers organizations in thenation. The award from the […]

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UMaine Business Students Offering Tax Assistance through April 17

Contact: Steven Colburn, 581-1982; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — UMaine accounting students will be available on Mondaysthrough April 17 to provide free help with filing state and federalincome tax returns. The Monday sessions from 12-2:30 p.m. in Room 113 in the Donald P. Corbett Business Building began Feb. 6. Students in the UMaine Business School […]

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Nature Sketching Forum Set Feb. 26 at UMaine Farm and Home Museum

Contact: Mary Bird, 581-2434; Tiffany Wilson, 581-3288 ORONO — The Edith Marion Patch Center for Entomology, the Environment and Education and the UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum are offering a free public educational forum on sketching nature on Sunday, Feb. 26. “Field Sketching: A hands-on opportunity to reproduce the art of nature” is scheduled […]

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Katrina Relief Vessel Captain to Speak at Page Farm and Home Museum

Contact: Patty Henner, 581-4100; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO – Captain Laurence Wade, master of the Castine-berthed training ship State of Maine, which responded to disaster relief efforts on the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, will speak about his experiences at a Brown Bag Lunch Lecture March 1 at noon at the UMaine Page Farm and […]

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Target Technology Incubator Helps Student Launch Consulting Business

Contact: Rory Eckardt, 949-4401; Debbie Neuman, 866-6500 ORONO – A recent UMaine graduate has become one of the newest tenants at the Target Technology Innovation Center’s business incubator in Orono, launching a forest consulting business he hopes will help loggers, foresters and landowners in Maine make the most efficient use of their property and equipment. […]

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Beta Sleep Out at UMaine Friday and Saturday

Contact: Andrew Knapp, Public Relations-Philanthropy Chairman, Beta Eta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi, 581-8323 ORONO – Beta Theta Pi, the University of Maine’s oldest fraternity, is undertaking an effort to decrease rape crimes in the area and increase awareness of the issue. But to do this, the brothers need the community’s help. Starting at 6 […]

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Horse Business and Safety Clinic at UMaine

Contact: Donna Lamb, 800-287-1491 (in Maine) or 207-564-3301 ORONO– University of Maine Cooperative Extension, the UMaine Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences and the Risk Management Agency will conduct a clinic on horse industry business and safety. The Horse Business and Safety Clinic will be held on Saturday, March 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 […]

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Upcoming Science-related Events

Contact: David Munson at (207) 581-3777 MITCHELL CENTER SPRING 2006 SEMINAR SERIES PENOBSCOT RIVER RESEARCH — LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Seminars are sponsored by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental & Watershed Research and the UMaine Program in Ecology and Environmental Science. This goal of this seminar series is to provide information on […]

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Where Have All the Sturgeons Gone?

Contact: Michael T. Kinnison (207) 581-2575; David Munson (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Me. – Researchers from UMaine will soon be on the trail of one of the East Coast’s longest-lived and most endangered fish, thanks to an $86,298 grant from the United States Department of Commerce (NOAA/NMFS). UMaine Biological Sciences Professor Michael T. Kinnison, School of […]

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